Park Street, Hertfordshire
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 One of the two remaining public houses, both of which have restaurants |
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 Platform at Park Street railway station |
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| Park Street shown within Hertfordshire | |
| Population | 6,781 (2001 census – whole ward) |
| OS grid reference | TL148040 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ST ALBANS |
| Postcode district | AL2 2 |
| Dialling code | 01727 (87) |
| Police | Hertfordshire |
| Fire | Hertfordshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
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Park Street is a small Hertfordshire village in the parish of St Stephen on Watling Street by the river Ver in the City and District of St Albans that is separated from the small city by a buffer to the north.
Park Street has a petrol station, several tyre and automotive service businesses, and two food-serving public houses, and is of late and initially disparate medieval origin. The village is also home to the penultimate station on the Abbey Line from Watford Junction, which opened in 1858.
Park Street is also a larger local government ward (the largest settlement of which is How Wood and which includes part of Bricket Wood). The area falls within the Metropolitan Green Belt. Residents are mainly employed in nearby cities; however, the sixth-largest pub group in the United Kingdom, the Orchid Group, which specialises in dining, uses the converted mill house in the village, and east of the street in Frogmore is a substantial business centre and light industrial estate.
Park Street is approximately 2½ miles by road from St Albans via Watling Street (the old Roman road from London to Chester and Holyhead) and then a post-Roman offshoot, St Stephen's Hill, into the medieval city centre.
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